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 * For the UK version, see List of The Office (UK) episodes

The following is a list of episodes from the NBC television series, The Office. The series is an American adaptation of the British series The Office.

The series began on March 24, 2005. As of May 17, 2007, 51 episodes of The Office have aired. Currently, the first two seasons are available on DVD. The season three DVD is due to be released on September 4, 2007.

The list is ordered by the episodes' original air dates. Production code numbers detailing the order in which episodes were filmed are taken from NBC's official episode guide.

Season 1 (March–April 2005)
The first season of The Office consists of only six episodes, but introduces the audience to the vast array of characters that would be developed later.

Season 2 (September 2005–May 2006)
For the second season NBC initially ordered only six episodes, then in September ordered seven more episodes. On November 3, NBC ordered an additional three episodes and by November 7 had ordered a full season of 22 episodes.

Initially, The Office aired on Tuesday nights at 9:30 (Eastern). On January 5, 2006, the show moved to Thursdays at the same time.

| Webisodes: The Accountants (July–September 2006)
NBC announced on March 16, 2006 that there would be ten original, stand-alone Webisode shorts on NBC.com starting in July 2006. They first debuted on NBC.com on July 13 and concluded on September 7. Major characters Michael, Jim, Pam, and Ryan do not appear in these episodes. Instead, the focus is on the three members of the accounting department: Oscar, Angela and Kevin, as they try to find $3000 missing from the office budget. Oscar, Angela, and Kevin appear in each Webisode. "The Accountants" webisodes were directed by Randall Einhorn and written by Michael Schur and Paul Lieberstein. It took two days to film them. They were edited by Michael Zurer, an assistant editor on the series.

In June 2007, the Webisodes won the Comedy Short Award at the inaugural Webby Awards and a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Broadband Program - Comedy.

Season 3 (September 2006–May 2007)
For its third season The Office moved to Thursdays at 8:30 (Eastern).

Season 3 features 23 episodes, including two hour-long editions, and guest directors such as J. J. Abrams (creator of ABC hit series Alias and Lost), Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Harold Ramis.

Season 4 (September 2007–May 2008)
NBC has ordered a full fourth season of The Office consisting of 30 half-hour segments, ten of which will be combined to form five one-hour specials. The first episode of season 4 will premiere on September 27, 2007 in a new time slot, Thursdays at 9:00 (Eastern). On July 16, 2007, NBC announced that the season premiere will be one of the hour-long episodes. Later that day, Greg Daniels announced that the first 4 weeks of the show will run for an hour. .